Garden Views
As the summer comes to a close, and the flowers, leaves and plants are dying off in your garden, it is a great time to take an extra look at what you are possibly missing, and what you can possibly change in your gardens for the following year.

Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2006

One of the things that most all gardeners realize about the fall months is that this is a time when the gardens are dying off, but you don't have to be left with just the flat soil or landscape to look at all winter long.

Looking out your window, or when sitting on your porch, you can see where bare spots are in your gardens, where a few bushes or shrubs might need replaced. This is also a really good time to dig out those plants and bushes that you don't want in your gardens any longer, or to move them to different locations.

Bushes, shrubs, and plants that don't crumple up and blow away when dying are the types of plants and flowers you can implement in your gardens for a nicer view all winter long. There are many types of bushes and shrubs that will turn bright colors during the fall months, and during the winter, giving you new and exciting landscape coverage's during the colder months.

Some of the bushes and shrubs that you can employ in creating a colorful fall landscape are evergreen varieties, and types of bushes that do not lose their leaves during the coldest of winter months. Many types of tall grasses also will remain standing and will change color in the fall or winter months adding to your garden view.

Other things that you can add to your garden that will make your garden area seem fuller, not as barren after the plants die off are trellis's, benches and a few statues in areas that need a good sprucing up during the winter. The winter garden does not mean that your garden areas have to be dead plants that look desolate in the winter, you can have a happy garden area in the winter as well.

Statues, benches and trellis's can become the backbone or backdrop to your garden areas, and the view of what you see out your window in the winter months will be a pleasing one.

Of course your winter gardens are not going to be as exciting and colorful as your summer gardens, but in planning hedges, shrubs, trees and even fences your areas can be better than the barren winter area that it once was.

A few types of plant that will add color to your winter garden are the dogwood, with red or gold colored stems, and if you put a few hedges in the background, the area will appear very full even in the winter months. Cranberry, holly and many of your fruit trees are going to add color to the barren winter gardens as well.